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“We Want To Be The 21st Century L’Oréal”: The Big Ambitions Driving The Company Behind Monday Haircare
“We have big ambitions. We want to be the 21st century L’Oréal,” says Nick Mowbray, co-founder and director of Zuru and Zuru Edge. “We always set our sights super high and work out how we are going to...
Cosmetic Chemist Valerie George On Why It’s Hard To Find Common Ground In The Clean Beauty Debate And The Complexities Of Sustainability
The barrier between what goes on in the beauty lab and what people see on beauty shelves can seem impenetrable at times. Cosmetic chemist Valerie George is committed to breaking it down. A long-time cosmetic science educator,...
Sigil’s Patrick Kelly Explains Why He Decided To Close His Barrier-Busting Scent Brand
Following a difficult year confronting supply chain snarls, Patrick Kelly has closed Sigil, the brand he started seven years ago that showed natural scents can be sophisticated with its striking, gender barrier-busting fragrances. The brand announced the...
22 Brands Participate In Good Vibes Beauty Box Assembled By Athr Beauty’s Tiila Abbitt To Champion Sustainability
Athr Beauty founder Tiila Abbitt is extremely frustrated by the beauty industry’s pervasive greenwashing. Instead of simply moaning about it, she decided to take positive action against it by selecting 22 beauty brands she believes are truly...
Forget Beauty. These Days, Skincare Is All About Health. But What Exactly Is Skin Health?
In the beauty industry, beauty is almost passé. Instead, particularly in the skincare segment, health is the big idea. In a major statement to that effect, the Australian beauty retailer Mecca last month introduced a Skin Health...
Indie Beauty Snapshot: 13 Trends Rising In The First Quarter Of 2022
As we cross the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that COVID-19 is a global pandemic and lockdowns occurring in the United States, it seems like we should be celebrating human persistence and ingenuity, right? But...
Is “Skinification” Of The Nail Segment Next?
Last year on Oct. 8, a TikToker with the handle Yariramayo posted a video showing her nails before and after she used Nail-Aid’s nail strengthener Biotin Ultimate Strength. They went from scuffed and weak to clear...
